Free and open-source stacking window manager for the X Window System
Blackbox 0.7 Xsession running on Debian 7 Linux Blackbox is a free and open-source stacking window manager for the X Window System .[5] [6]
Blackbox has specific design goals, and some functionality is provided only through other applications. One example is the bbkeys hotkey application.
Blackbox is written in C++[4] [7] and contains completely original code.[8] It was created by Bradley T. Hughes[1] and is available under the MIT License . Blackbox has compliance with the Extended Window Manager Hints specification.[9]
The original author seems to have ceased updating the repository with the exception of a minor fix of compilation problems in 2015,[10] leaving the last original version at 0.70.1. However an actively maintained fork by Brian Bidulock has been picked up by several Linux distributions in its place,[11] [12] [13] and it is featured in pkgsrc .[14] Despite that, some other Linux distributions still use the original source code,[15] [16] as does FreeBSD .[17]
Features Features of the Blackbox window manager include:
A stacking window manager Written in C++ Freely available under the MIT license Compliance with the Extended Window Manager Hints Specification Title bars have minimize, maximize , and close buttons Support for simple themes Support for color changes No support for desktop shortcuts Compatibility with both KDE and GNOME[18] Related projects There are a number of other window manager forks of Blackbox:[19]
Windows shell replacements Although they do not share the same codebase, these projects are also inspired by Blackbox.[19] [20]
BB4Win[21] (the first and most prominent clone/port of Blackbox on Windows) bbLean xoblite (has releases from 2021) bbZero (a branch of bbLean)[22] See also
References ^ a b "ManPages/blackbox - Blackbox". September 9, 2015. Archived from the original on September 9, 2015. Retrieved January 16, 2019 . ^ "Blackbox - Browse /Blackboxwm/Blackbox 0.70.1_SL7 at SourceForge.net". ^ "Release 0.77". May 12, 2021. Retrieved May 21, 2021 . ^ a b "Blackbox - Window manager written in C++". FSF.org. ^ Wrightson, Katherine; Merlino, Joseph (2006). Mastering UNIX. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 107–108. ISBN 9780782153033 . Retrieved January 16, 2019 . ^ Davies, Justin; Whittaker, Roger; Hagen, William von (2005). SUSE Linux 9 Bible. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 186, 276–280. ISBN 9780764588761 . ^ "Hacking Guide - Blackbox". February 14, 2018. Archived from the original on February 14, 2018. Retrieved January 16, 2019 . ^ "About Blackbox". Sourceforge.net. Archived from the original on December 6, 2006. ^ "ICCCM & EWMH Compliance". GitHub . Retrieved February 20, 2021 . ^ "Compile with clang and libc++ · bradleythughes/Blackbox@107b761". GitHub . ^ "The Slackware Linux Project: Packages". packages.slackware.com . ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 13, 2019 . {{cite web }}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)^ "Arch Linux - blackbox 0.77-1 (x86_64)". archlinux.org . Archived from the original on December 19, 2021. Retrieved July 6, 2021 . ^ "pkgsrc.se | The NetBSD package collection". pkgsrc.se . ^ "Ubuntu – Error". packages.ubuntu.com . ^ "Debian -- Details of package blackbox in sid". ^ "[ports] Index of /head/x11-wm/blackbox". svnweb.freebsd.org . ^ "Window Managers for X: Blackbox". www.xwinman.org . Retrieved January 16, 2019 . ^ a b "Related Projects - Blackbox". October 26, 2017. Archived from the original on October 26, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2019 . ^ "BlackBox for Windows". Sourceforge.net. ^ "Customizing Your PC's Desktop - ExtremeTech". www.extremetech.com . Retrieved January 16, 2019 . ^ "GitHub - xzero450/bbclean-xzero450". GitHub . February 6, 2016. Retrieved January 16, 2019 . External links Official website Blackbox at Free Software Directory